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BURMA PADAUK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Burma padauk mean? 

BURMA PADAUK (noun)
  The noun BURMA PADAUK has 1 sense:

1. tree of India and Burma yielding a wood resembling mahoganyplay

  Familiarity information: BURMA PADAUK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BURMA PADAUK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tree of India and Burma yielding a wood resembling mahogany

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Burma padauk; Burmese rosewood; Pterocarpus macrocarpus

Hypernyms ("Burma padauk" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("Burma padauk" is a member of...):

genus Pterocarpus; Pterocarpus (genus of tropical trees or climbers having usually broadly winged pods)


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